August 2008 10 Ways to Improve Internal Controls and Prevent Fraud in your Small to Medium Sized Business There aren’t too many “universal truths” in this world – but - I’ll go out on a limb and say this - everyone hates getting ripped off or taken advantage of. As the CEO‚ President or owner of a small to medium-sized business you are more vulnerable to being taken advantage of by unscrupulous employees and vendors. There are several reasons for this‚ including; It is harder for smaller
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Adley – Week1 DQ1 Follow up Reply Financial reporting fraud cases typically involve “fictitious revenues‚ overstatement if assets‚ capitalized expenditures‚ misappropriation of assets‚ premature revenues‚ and understatement of expenses and liabilities‚ “according to Lawyers Connect (n.d). As a result‚ such intentional misstatements are fraudulent and illegal‚ and most likely material. Manipulation of accounting equation‚ Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity (Rich‚ et al.‚ 2012‚ p. 9)‚ characteristically
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Study CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Introduction 2. Types of Bank Frauds 3. Causes of Fraud 4. Effects of Fraud on Banks 5. Internal Audit function 6. Fraud and Internal Audit 7. Fraud Prevention 1. General Measures 2. Specific Preventive Measures 8. Elements of Fraud Auditing 9. Measures of Controlling Fraud in Banks 10. Statement of Internal Audit Standard No. 3 2.10.1 Deterrence of Fraud CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology 1. Area of Study 2. Research Design
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Since the barrage of scandals in the early 2000’s‚ regulatory bodies like the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ and law reform like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 have worked to improve the standards and principles used in accounting and financial reporting. The FASB is “the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting that govern the preparation of financial reports by nongovernmental organizations‚”
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ESSAY Can Corporate Governance Mechanism Prevent Corporate Fraud? Executive Summary This paper will reviews the extent to which corporate governance acts as efficient tool to protect investors against corporate fraud‚ thus contributing to summarize the literatures on role of corporate governance on preventing occurrence of corporate fraud. In a more recent study‚ corporate fraud is part of earnings manipulation done outside the law and standards. Whereas‚ the activities
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COVENANT UNIVERSITY‚ COLLEGE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES‚ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING COURSE: FORENSIC ACCOUNTING COURSE CODE: ACC 416 WEEK: 10 TOPIC: FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD AUDITING OBJECTIVE: To acquire the knowledge and skills about forensic audit‚ its reporting and documentation. THE CONTEXT OF FORENSIC AUDITING Forensic audit encompasses the examination of evidence regarding an assertion to determine its correspondence to establish criteria carried out in a manner
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payroll fraud case‚" n.d.) After criminal charges were filed‚ the State’s Controller’s office released an audit that uncovered inappropriate payroll methods resulting in over $900‚000 in payroll theft between July 2010 and July 2013. ("Former Patton State Hospital employees charged in $800‚000 payroll fraud case‚" n.d.) The Paton State Hospital administration is debating the accuracy of the audit‚ do to questionable calculations. Additionally‚ the Patton Administration stated that the fraud incidents
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Financial accounting is one branch of accounting and historically has involved processes by which financial information about a business is recorded‚ classified‚ summarized‚ interpreted‚ and communicated; for public companies‚ this information is generally publicly-accessible (Financial Accounting Info‚ 2006). Accounting attempts to create accurate financial reports that are useful to managers‚ regulators and other stakeholders such as shareholders‚ creditors or owners (Financial Accounting Info‚ 2006)
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What is Welfare Fraud and who’s paying the price? What is Welfare Fraud and who’s paying the price? Welfare fraud is misuse of various welfare programs; the people who suffer the most from this are the ones who should get benefits but can’t because there is no more funds available and the taxpayers who pay for it. Basically fraudsters withhold certain information or provide inaccurate or false information to receive benefits. The three most common types of welfare fraud are purposely providing
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Consultants Examples of Mortgage and Real Estate Fraud Investigations - Fiscal Year 2014 The following examples of mortgage and real estate fraud investigations are written from public record documents on file in the courts within the judicial district where the cases were prosecuted. Wisconsin Man Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud Scheme On June 25‚ 2014‚ in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin‚ Billy Cannon‚ Sr. was sentenced to 48 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering. His incarceration will be
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